Ex USAAF 44-83563. One of three B-17s which passed through Gatwick en-route to Bovingdon for the filming of the movie The War Lover. Once at Bovingdon all three were painted in the USAAF camouflage of the 324th Bomb Squadron of the 91st Bomb Group, N9563Z wearing the serial 41-27742/DF-T. After filming she returned to the US to join Aviation Specialties of Mesa as a fire tanker and in 1969 was involved in the film Tora Tora Tora. Sold to the National Warplane Museum at Geneseo NY. in 1985 flying as '297400' 'Fuddy Duddy' and current with the Lyon Air Museum in Santa Ana CA. at time of upload.

With additional "The Magic Carpet Flight" titles. Flew gamblers from the Bay Area and Los Angeles to the Dunes Hotel in Las Vegas. N9514C was sold in Mexico as XA-PEX in 1963. The Dunes Hotel closed in 1993. Photo from: Civil Aviation Historical Society, Melbourne, Australia

Sold in Canada as CF-RZL in 1965. Photo from: Civil Aviation Historical Society, Melbourne, Australia

C-Air was part of Long Beach-based Carstedt, which would later convert six DH104 Doves into 18-passeger turboprops. Carstedt in the early 1960s had several corporate B-26 Invaders and there are two in the background of this photo. Photo from: Civil Aviation Historical Society, Melbourne, Australia

Delivered to BOAC in April 1957. Converted to freighter in November 1960. Operating BA573 to Montreal and New York. Sold May 1965.